In this old time radio series, Norris Goff was Abner Peabody, and Chester Lauck was Lum Edwards… the owners and operators of Pine Ridge's own "Jot 'em Down Store." The Lum and Abner show was fifteen minutes that took us to back to the feeling of a rural America before music, radio and such made peace and quiet seem downright odd. For a general store, the "Jot 'em Down" was rarely bustling, so the silence was taken up with the events of the moment.
Intro music sets the stage, and we might be sitting by the cracker barrel, ready to "ketch up" on what Lum or Abner are up to…A quick scan of the show titles tells you this show was filled with funny episodes. It was, and some developed over days or even weeks
Amos and Andy, as played by Gosden and Correll were the direct predecessors of Lum and Abner, as Goff and Lauck did "blackface" comedy at first. But that comedy market, hard to believe today, was glutted with 'wannabe's," so they switched to the Lum and Abner "idee." An essential part of both shows is the no-audience first-person approach to story telling.
While Amos and Andy moved to Harlem, for years Lum and Abner changed "nary a thing"…until in '48, the show went to a half-hour, got a live audience and visiting star, an orchestra, and flopped. The boys did seven movies, too…even did one called "Lum and Abner Abroad." But it was in the "Jot 'em Down" with Lum and Abner just talking that the listening public really wanted to be. In its own way, Lum and Abner presented a perfect, and perfectly funny, little world of its own. It is pure storytelling, with plots that are always mischievous, and often bordered on the tall tale.
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Please enjoy these 1801 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.05.1942 | lum and abner (0247) stranger to call about baby |
+ Blue Network. The mysterious letter writer plans to telephone the Jot 'Em Down Store tomorrow nig... | |
| 08.06.1942 | lum and abner (0248) mysterious phone call |
+ Blue Network. The boys get a phone call from the letter writer in Kansas City, but the call is in... | |
| 08.10.1942 | lum and abner (0249) trying foreign languages on |
+ Blue Network. The boys try out some foreign languages on the baby to see if he recognizes any of ... | |
| 08.11.1942 | lum and abner (0250) genealogical trace on baby |
+ Blue Network. Lum has bought a horse. Squire Skimp has hired a company in Chicago to do a genealo... | |
| 08.12.1942 | lum and abner (0251) baby is heir to gold |
+ Blue Network. Squire Skimp's report reveals that the baby is the owner of a gold mine! The progra... | |
| 08.13.1942 | lum and abner (0252) custody of gold mine |
+ Blue Network. The boys discuss the baby's gold mine. The program closing has been deleted. | |
| 08.17.1942 | lum and abner (0253) cedric president gold mine |
+ Blue Network. Who will be president of the gold mine? An election is held...several of them in fa... | |
| 08.18.1942 | lum and abner (0254) mousey to work in mine |
+ Blue Network. The boys decide to sell their delivery truck to pay the baby's lawyer. Cedric has h... | |
| 08.19.1942 | lum and abner (0255) baby's case gets expensive |
+ Blue Network. The boys' debt to Squire Skimp is increasing. The program closing has been deleted. | |
| 08.20.1942 | lum and abner (0256) squire's 1,100 dollar note |
+ Blue Network. Lum signs the Squire's promissory note for $1100, that the Squire just happens to h... | |
| 08.24.1942 | lum and abner (0257) enter baby in movie contest |
+ Blue Network. The boys plan to enter the baby in a photo contest. The Squire has another idea too... | |
| 08.25.1942 | lum and abner (0258) auctioning store fixtures |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears auctions off all the fixtures in the Jot 'Em Down Store. The prog... | |
| 08.26.1942 | lum and abner (0259) baby's father shows up |
+ Blue Network. The baby's father returns to claim the baby! Abner attacks him with a baseball bat!... | |
| 08.27.1942 | lum and abner (0260) squire isn't on the level |
+ Blue Network. Lum suspects that Squire Skimp is up to no good. The program closing has been delet... | |
| 08.31.1942 | lum and abner (0261) faking gold mine tale | ||
| 09.01.1942 | lum and abner (0262) everything settled |
+ Blue Network. The baby has disappeared, Squire Skimp confesses all. The program closing has been ... | |
| 09.02.1942 | lum and abner (0263) lum and abner miss the baby |
+ Blue Network. Grandpappy Spears plans to visit Cherry Hill. He gives the boys an idea for a new b... | |
| 09.03.1942 | lum and abner (0264) the handy folding cot |
+ Blue Network. The boys try to assemble the Handy Folding Cot...in only thirty seconds! The show m... | |
| 09.07.1942 | lum and abner (0265) mousey opens travel agency |
+ Blue Network. A visit to Mousie's Travel Agency, where tour 16B to Cherry Hill is described in gl... | |
| 09.08.1942 | lum and abner (0266) vacation |
+ Blue Network. Lum plans a "back to nature" vacation after reading Thoreau. The program closing ha... | |
| 09.09.1942 | lum and abner (0267) mousey shows travel slides |
+ Blue Network. Mousie presents a slide show of scenic America. The program closing has been delete... | |
| 09.10.1942 | lum and abner (0268) horrors of nazi germany |
+ Blue Network. A German-American in the Jot 'Em Down Store describes the horrors of Nazism in an o... | |
| 09.14.1942 | lum and abner (0269) election of school board |
+ Blue Network. Lum is upset because he's lost the election for president of the school board. The ... | |
| 09.15.1942 | lum and abner (0270) needs new school teacher |
+ Blue Network. Lum is considering being a substitute teacher, which of course leads to the subject... | |
| 09.16.1942 | lum and abner (0271) mousey wants to be teacher |
+ Blue Network. Lum doesn't seem to be eager to hire a teacher to replace himself. The program clos... |
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